11 Sep 2021 1:37 PM:

I entered a 12 month rental contract in April 2021, I need to leave at the end of October 2021. I paid 2 months deposit. It stated in the contract that if you end the contract early then you don't get your depsit back. But i've read around that as long as it's been 6 months and you give 30 days notice then have rights?

My question is A) am i legally entitled to my depsoit back? and B) can he demand the remaining 5 months rent to fulfill the 12 months.

Please note although I did it all through an estate agent, my ladlord is clearly not declaring taxes from it as he makes me pay in cash, one month when I was abroad and had to do a bank transfer he made me pay into his wife's account and not put a reference on it. So if he tried to make me pay the extra 5 months could I threaten to take him to court on the premise that he definitely won't want that because he's dodging taxes?

Thanks for any help,

Andrea

Thread: ending a rental contract early

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